Lands Wood, C16 coal workings
Lands Wood, C16 coal workings
HER Number
5113
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Lands Wood, C16 coal workings
Place
Winlaton Mill
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
Wooded area containing dispersed shafts with collars of spoil and also the earthwork remains of a horse-drawn waggonway. The shafts may date from 1551-1581, but are more likely to have been Silvertop's workings of 1728.
Easting
418300
Northing
561250
Grid Reference
NZ418300561250
Sources
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